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Pages in category "Rolling stock of the Great Western Railway" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
First Greater Western, trading as Great Western Railway (GWR), is a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup that provides services in the Greater Western franchise area. It manages 197 stations and its trains call at over 270.
GWR: 112884 'Mink G' goods van Swindon, GWR Dia No. V.22, Lot No. 1067 1931 York [223] 1978–7101 LMS: 295987 Goods brake van Derby, LMS Dia No. D1890, Lot No. 71x 1933 York [224] 1984–7000 PLM: 475014 Ferry Van Mauberge, PLM 1935 York [225] 1988–7017 BR ex GWR: 126438 Motor Car Goods Van Swindon, GWR Dia No. G31 1935 Shildon [226] 1988 ...
Pages in category "Great Western Railway coaching stock" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
♠ – Companies that were already operated by or leased to the GWR or one of the other absorbed railways before amalgamation. Note: This list is incomplete. ‡ – Companies operating wholly or partly on the 7 ft 1 ⁄ 4 in (2,140 mm) broad gauge at the time that they combined with the GWR. The broad gauge was finally abandoned on 21 May 1892.
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A GWR seat at Yatton The pedestrian crossing at Cockwood Steps, on the South Devon Main Line, retains a gate with GWR spear-type railings. The GWR's memory is kept alive by several museums such as STEAM – the museum of the GWR (in the old Swindon railway works), and the Didcot Railway Centre, where there is an operating broad-gauge train.
In 1935, excursion stock with open saloons instead of compartments was introduced, followed by the 26 "Super-Saloon"-scale Centenary stock for the Cornish Riviera Express. From 1936 onwards, all new GWR main line stock had large windows to each compartment and entry-exit via the corridor and end vestibules, but it had taken Collett six years to ...